“These stories are wickedly clever, effortlessly weird, and uproariously funny.”
KIM FUAUTHOR OF THE VALLEY OF VENGEFUL GHOSTS
Jury citations / criticism / readers
GENEROUSAPPRAISALS
“Sharp, irreverent writing.”— The Miramichi Reader
BAD ENDINGS / 2017LAST WOMAN / 2024STORIES / OVER TIME
ATTENTION / ARGUMENT / RESPONSE / AFTERLIFE
Open the file ↓Nothing short of
electrifying.
“I’m so impressed with Baker’s ability to craft such a range of voices, by turns funny and vulnerable and exuberant and idiosyncratic.”
SHASHI BHATAUTHOR OF DEATH BY A THOUSAND CUTS
“Incisive and thought-provoking tales, with quirky characters and richly imaginative plots.”WINNIPEG
FREE PRESS
“Baker’s stories glimmer with optimism and surprises – natural, super-natural and extraterrestrial.”EVERYTHING
ZOOMER
“Sharp, irreverent writing.”THE MIRAMICHI
READER
THE OFFICIAL RECORD / BAD ENDINGS
JURY
CITATIONS
Rogers Writers’ Trust Fiction Prize
“A profoundly talented writer who wields gentleness, subtlety, and generosity as her tools.”
Bad Endings / finalist citation
↗City of Vancouver Book Award
“Finely drawn characters find respite in the particular intimacy afforded by ephemeral relationships.”
Bad Endings / winning citation
↗Hamilton Review of Books
“She may be master of endings, too.”
Kathryn Kuitenbrouwer on Bad Endings
↗MASTER
OF ENDINGS,
TOO.
KATHRYN KUITENBROUWER / HAMILTON REVIEW OF BOOKSRead the review ↗
CLOSE READINGS / LAST WOMAN
THE WORK
UNDER
PRESSURE.
“Burial Ground”
BY Steven Beattie
“Baker forces us to ask questions about the environment, permanence, and the sacrifices we make for convenience and efficiency.”
A close reading of malls, consumerism, technological progress, invisible labour, stolen land, and Earl’s final descent into the underworld.
Read the full piece ↗A piquant examination of the way we live now
BY Steven Beattie
“The characters in these stories are fresh and funny and just off-kilter enough to be endearing.”
A wide-ranging assessment of Last Woman’s climate anxiety, social satire, human fallibility, alien billionaires, and naturalistic strengths.
Read the full piece ↗SOCIAL ARTIFACT / 21 DEC 2017 / 4:40 AM
THIS STORY
IS AMAZING.
Patton Oswalt encounters “Last Woman” through Hingston & Olsen’s Short Story Advent Calendar—and immediately goes looking for Bad Endings.
PATTON OSWALT / READER
INDEX / SOURCE NOTES